United States Department of Agriculture

S. R. A.-B. A. 1. 270 Issued November, 1929 United States Department of Agriculture

SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

OCTOBER, 1929

[This publication is issued monthly for the dissemination of information, instructions, rulings, etc., concerning the work of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Free distribution is limited to persons in the service of the bureau, establishments at which the Federal meat inspection is conducted, public officers wsose duties make it desirable for then to have such information, and journals especially concerned. Others desiring copies may obtain them from the Superintendent of Docunrents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at 5 cents each, or 25 cents a year. A supply will be sent to each official in charge of a station or branch of the bureau service, who should promptly distribute copies to. members of his force. A file should be kept at each station for reference.]

CONTENTS Page Changes in directory ------Notices regarding meat inspection ------8 Pork for the Netherlands------88 Correction of faulty vision------88 Instructions for reporting the release of foreign animal casings on M. I. Form 109 L------i------7--- 8 Checking post-rortem inspection ------Shipment of unmarked meat in cars bearing Government seals ------89 Animals slaughtered under Federal meat inspection, September, 1929 ------89 Extent of tuberculosis in animals slaughtered at three inrportant markets, Septem- ber, 1929------_----- 90 Causes of condemnation of carcasses, August, 1929 ------90 Imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products ------90 Foreign meat-inspection officials ------Summary 91 of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, September, 19 2 9 ------_ _------_-__ Anti-hog-cholera serum and hog-cholera virus produced under licenses ------92 Proceedings under the packers and stockyards act ------93 Instructions concerning travel expenses and vouchers------93 Administration of oaths in connection with expense accounts-_ Summary 95 of hog-cholera-control work, September, 1929 ------95 Results of prosecutions for violations of laws------New 95 publications of the bureau_------_ 96 Organization of the Bureau of Animal Industry ------97

CHANGES IN DIRECTORY Meat Inspection Cranted 23. Old Virginia Food Products Co. Tappahannock, Va. *967. T. L. Lay Packing Co., 400 East Jackson Ave1ue, Knoxville, Tenn. Meat Inspection Withdrawn *190. New England Dressed Meat & Wool Co., Buffalo, N. Y. *686. Strauss & Adler (Inc.), New York, N. Y. 903. William A. Doe Co., Boston. Mass. Meat Inspection Extended 3-F. Swift & Co., Fort Worth, Tex., to include Armstrong Packing Co. *222. Jacob E. Decker & Sons, Mason City, Iowa, to include Adolf Gobel (Inc.).

* Conducts slaughtering. 79924-29 87 88 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY (October,

Change in Name of Official Establishment *E-91. Holland-American Operating Co., Great Falls, Mont., andHolland- American Packing Co. 254. Phil J. Hock & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, instead of Phil J. Hock(Inc.).

Change in Address of Official Establishment *850. Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories (Inc.), Eleventh and DouglasStreets, Kansas City, Kans.; mail, Twenty-first and Penn Streets, Kansas City,Mo. Change in Official Number of Establishment

260-A. Miller & Hart, 16-22 Blackstone Street, Providence, R. insteadI., of No. 326. Change in Address of Inspector in Charge

Dr. J. A. Barger, 311 United States Courthouse, Des Moines, Iowa, ofinstead 219 Federal Building. New Substation Tappahannock, Va., meat inspection, under Richmond, Va.

Note

On November 1, 1929, Aurora, Ill., meat-inspection substation, willbecome a substation of Chicago, Ill., meat-inspection station, instead of theSt.East Louis, Ill., virus-serum-control station.

NOTICES REGARDING MEAT INSPECTION

PORK FOR THE NETHERLANDS

In accordance with a recent decree of the Netherlands Government,all pork offered for importation into the Netherlands is required to beeither. refrigerated for 20 days at a temperature of 150 C. below zero (50orF.), heated throughout at a temperature of 80' C. (176* F.). Inspectors are directed to see that the identity of all pork intendedfor export to the Netherlands is maintained, and that pork to be refrigeratedis subjected to a temperature of not higher than 50 F. for not less thanthree weeks, and that pork to be heated is subjected throughout to a temperature of 1760. The containers of pork must be stenciled or otherwise conspicuously and permanently marked as follows, as the case may be: " Pork for the Netherlands. Refrigerated three weeks at 150 C.below freezing," or "Pork for the Netherlands. Heated throughout at a temperature of 800 C." A regular export certificate must be issued for each consignmentporkof to the Netherlands. On the reverse sides of both the original and duplicate copies of the certificate must be written one of the following forms of certificate, signed by the inspector in charge: The pork described on the reverse side of this certificate was refrigerated continuously for not less than three weeks at a temperature not higherthan 150 C. below freezing," or "The pork described on the reverse sideofthis certificate was heated throughout at a temperature of 80* C." M. I. Form 169 shall also be issued, in addition to these certificates,porkfor menttofaultydestinedin Reports* lensesimpressConducts by vision, inspectorstoto indicate uponpreventtheslaughtering. the Netherlands. inspectorsuse thatengagederrors of CORRECTION defectiveeyeglasses, ininthe thethe necessity visionservice.meat-inspection and OF FAULTYmay sufficientlyfor beaccurate responsible VISION service. frequent decisions, The fortests errorsbureau correctionandinjudg-desiresofchanges 1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 89

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTING THE RELEASE OF FOREIGN ANIMAL CASINGS ON M. I. FORM 109 L M. I. Form 109-L, reporting the release of foreign animal casings, should be prepared in triplicate, the origiml copy, with foreign official certificate at- taclied, shall be forwarded to Washington, the duplicate copy to the collector of customs at port of entry, and the triplicate copy retained for the station records. CHECKING POST-MORTEM INSPECTIONS In order to correct any irregular procedure in the inspection, disposition, or reporting, inspectors in charge and others of the meat-iispection service acting in supervisory capacity are requested to check accurately and frequently the work of inspectors engaged in the examination of heads, viscera, and carcasses after the routine examination has been completed. SHIPMENT OF UNMARKED MEAT IN CARS BEARING GOVERNMENT SEALS Referring to the notice bearing this titre in Service and Regulatory Announce- ments, February. 1929, the followiinig establishments should be added to the list of those not having railroad facilities for unloading meat direct from cars into the establishments: Chicago, Ill.: 220. Woolner Packing Co. Philadelphia, Pa.: 348. Daniel Strecker. Rochester, N. Y.: 228. Harold H. Clapp (Inc.).

ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED, IN SEPTEMBER, 1929, UNDER FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION IN DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY THE CITIES IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE:

Station Cattle Calves Sheep Goats Swine

Baltimore ------6,136 930 3,183 ------65,951 Buffalo_- .. .------9, 560 2, 489 9,525 ------78, 672 Chicago------150,000 39,425 248,083 58 463,730 Cincinnati------11,339 5,162 7,343 14 63, 983 Cleveland------7, 138 5, 476 12, 521 1 60, 743 Denver------7, 695 1, 518 24, 561 ------17, 173 Detroit------6,693 5,348 17, 591 ------90,305 Fort Worth-.------28, 406 43, 740 1 16,406 2,879 25,434 Indianapolis------14, 209 4, 514 8,728 26 58, 016 Kansas City---- . .------94, 569 26, 471 115, 446 325 180, 112 Milwaukee .... .------14,698 24,269 12,390 ------105,721 National Stock Yards------37, 564 11, 786 28, 669 ------119,933 New York ------32,351 51,181 236,824 1 100,151 Omaha ------68,,252 6,245 141,555 5 124,543 Philadelphia.------5,312 7, 107 20, 563 ------70, 945 St. Louis ------14, 585 6,814 5,429 10 112, 142 Sioux City------29,600 2,726 47,866 22 69,276 South St. Joseph ------33,697 6,280 88,210 5 87,929 South St. Paul------41, 674 41,879 83, 568 2 149, 990 Wichita------6,216 1,895 3,436 1 54,229 All other establishments------133,121 69,829 185,029 790 1,004,780 Total: September, 1929------752,815 365,084 1, 316, 926 4,139 3,103,758 September, 1928------764,212 352, 091 1, 307, 442 1,456 2,508,303 9 months ended September, 1929 .- 6, 095, 655 3, 385, 933 10, 407, 898 18, 849 35, 005, 968 9 months ended September, 1928--- 6, 237, 136 3, 556, 309 9,837,281 10, 487 35, 845, 115 New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Newark I ------38,994 56,901 278, 645 1 192,416

I The slaughter figures for this group of cities are included in the figures above for "New York" and "All Other Establishments " and are combined here to show total in the Greater New York district. Horses slaughtered in September, 1929-.------.------13, 591 Horses slaughtered in September, 1928.------.------10, 509 9 months ended September, 1929.------.------86, 822 9 months ended September, 1928.- .-.--.--.------88, 212 Inspections of lard at all establishments, 126,514,888 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 45,385,259 inspection pounds; sausage, 69,135,266 inspection pounds. Corresponding inspections for Sep- tember, 1928: Lard, 96,660,692 inspection pounds; compound and other substitutes, 46,083,037 inspection pounds; sausage, 68,010,877 inspection pounds. (These totals of inspection pounds do not represent actual production, as the same product may have been inspected and recorded more than once in the process of manufacture.) 90 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October,

EXTENT OF TUBERCULOSIS IN ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED AT THREE IMPORTANT MARKETS, SEPTEMBER, 1929

Retained for tuberculosis Total Station slaughter Total Passed for Con- cooking demned Cattle: Chicago. .------150,000 3,264 98 642 Kansas City------94,569 223 12 49 Omaha ------68,252 551 26 60 Swine: Chicago ------463, 730 55, 173 1,079 906 Kansas City-.------180,112 7,348 115 86 Omaha.-.------124,543 11,947 156 141

CAUSES OF CONDEMNATION OF CARCASSES, AUGUST, 1929

Cause Cattle Calves Sheep Swine Emaciation.------532 145 825 37 Hog cholera------2,763 Inflammatory diseases------971 158 985 2,478 Immaturity------69 - Tuberculosis ------2,080 38 ------3,780 All other causes------1,262 196 824 3,447 Total------4,845 606 2,634 12,505

IMPORTS OF FOOD ANIMALS AND OF MEATS AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS The statements following show the imports of food animals and of meats and meat food products inspected by the Bureau of Animal Industry during Septem- ber, 1929, with figures for other periods for comparison:

Imports of food animals

Country of export Cattle Swine Sheep Goats

Mexico . .------.-3,-454--- 4-- -- 300 6 Canada.--. ... .------26,564 85 1,325 3 Virgin Islands (to Porto Rico).------21 6 Channel Islands -.-.---.---.- .--.-.-.--.------145 - Bermuda.------3 - England --.--. .-.------. ------..- - - Total: September, 1929 ------30,187 85 1,639 9 September, 1928 ------54, 930 568 1, 945 9 months ended September, 1929 -.------397, s31 2 094 24, 761 207 9 months ended September, 1928. .------341, 819 19: 561 24, 712 295

Imported meat and meat food products

Fresh and refrigernted Other Country of export ____ C aned meatl Beef Other products weight

Pounds Pounds Pounds Poinds Pounds Argentina.-.---.------2447, 301 236. 2-A 2, C83, 585 Australia ------22, 418 165, 17 --- . 26 193, 841 Brazil ------41, 530 ------421, 530 Canada.------1,2S9,937 969,399 1,956,644 507,890 4,723,870 New Zealand.------4,392,661 71,817 ------4, 464, 478 Paraguay------1,118,343 1,118,343 Uruguay.-. .. .---.------. 1.034,425 3,460 1,037,885 Other countries ------6 ------39,012 96,060 198,287 Total: September, 1929 ------5,768, 231 1, 206, 413 7. 017, 255 849,920 14,841,819 September, 1928 ------7, 783, 317 1, 719, 988 8,073,754 990, 807 18,567,866 9 months ended September, 1929-- 30, 817, 35 11, 523, 944 79, 355, 506 7, 739, 219 129, 436, 304 9 months ended September, 1928. 27, 551, 877 14, 197, 062 57, 296, 164 8, 508, 284 107, 553, 387

Condemned in September, 1929: Beef, 1,932 pounds; veal, 80 pounds; pork, 1,408 pounds; total, 3,420 pounds. Refused entry: Pork, 927 pounds. 1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 91

FOREIGN MEAT-INSPECTION OFFICIALS The following are additional names and facsimile signatures of foreign national government officials authorized to sign and issue certificates of inspection for meat and meat food products offered for importation into the United States:

Country and name Signature

BRAZIL Azarias Villela -

ENGLAND

Allan B. Hamilton!

NAME REMOVED FROM LIST

ENGLAND

Purser Davies.-.

SUMMARY OF TUBERCULOSIS-ERADICATION WORK IN COOPERA- TION WITH STATES, SEPTEMBER, 1929

Tuberculin tests Total to date during month

Herdsl Cat- Once- Ac- Herds Inspector in charge State official or Cattle tle tested crcd- under lots tested react- free ited super- ed herds herds vision

Ala- . 215 2, 928 0 5,937 311 8,497 R. E. Jackson--. C. A. Cary, Auburn. Ariz.------222 2,546 21 8.254 46 8, 333 F. L. Schneider.-. R. J. Light, Phoenix. Ark------794 2, 100 0 2,895 18 10, 340 HI. L. Fry------J. H. Bux, Little Rock. Calif 86 3,592 28 6,658 127 6,938 R. Snyder------J. P. Iverson, Sacramento. Colo----- 18 472 23 946 164 1,523 W. E. Howe_-.--- C. G. Lamb, Denver. Conn _ 445 5, 001 324 3, 434 2,702 6,840 R. L. Smith.-. Charles Johnson, Hartford. Del.------287, 3,336 58 2,874 2,280 6, 562 E. B. Simonds.- 0. A. Newton, Bridgeville. D. C ---- . .- . 99 8 107 A. E. W ight Fl----- 45 1, 691 10 7.943 96 8,781 J. G. Fish------J. V. Knapp, Tallahassee. Ga. - , 3701 6, 121 8 31,643 27 31, 677 A. L. Ilirleman. J. M. Sutton, Atlanta. Idaho. 452 2, 622 8 34, 218 55 37, 452 W. A. Sullivan-. A. J. Pickman, Boise. Ill------3,997 44, 657 1, 357 143, 142 5,454 161,408 J. J. Lintner.-.-- D. W. Robison, S pring- fiold. Ind --. 2,543 16,801 301 133,454 25,932 174,998 J. E. Gibson.-- Frank 11. Brown, Indian- o 5 I apolis. Iowa.-. 5,205 87, 395 8291 110,833 2, 830 177,910 J. A. Barger. - -M. G. Thornburg, Des I Moi nes. Kans . 1,384 11,671 171 86, 5411 600 87, 682 N. L. Townsend-- J. H. \ercer, Topeka. Ky------751 4,265 71 74, 240! 40 76, 073 W. F. Biles------D. E. Westmorland, Frank- fort. La ------281 4,939 20 8,402 13 8,770 G. T. Cole------E. P. Flower, Baton Rouge. Me~- 1 640 5,662 34 43,015I 692 43,817 G. R. Caldwell 11. M. Tucker, Augusta. Md.-. 1,369 13, 199 270 15, 874 7,916 29, 524 E. B. Simonds.- James B. George, Balti more. Mass 1, 150 8, 726 945 2,341, 1,453 4, 586 E. A. Crossman.- E. F. Richardson, Boston Mich - ,4, 820 47, 876 152 175,049 73 177, 339 T. S. Rich------B. J. Killham, Lansing. Minn.-- 7,603 95, 825 593 82,871 9, 378 95,507 W. J. Fretz------C. E. Cotton, St. Paul. Miss----- 773 5,318: 0 7, 053 28 7,081 H. Robbins------R. V. Rafnel, Jackson. Mo.-.-.-. 1,078 9,657 29 74, 143 218 77,845 Ralph Graham. H. A. Wilson, Jetferson City. Mont.t 172 2,037 4 31, 601 91 31, 960 J. IV. Murdoch. W. J. Butler, helena. Nebr-. 2,654 35, 006 201 68,918 115 69, 309 A. H. Francis.-.-- C. H. hays, Lincoln. Nev 64; 1,253 6 1,409 11 1,720 L. C. Butterfield. Edward Records, Reno. 92 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October,

Summary of tuberculosis-eradication work in cooperation with States, September, 1929-Continued

Tuberculin tests Total to during month date

Cat- Once- Ac- Herds Inspector in charge State official Herds Cattle tle tested cred- under or tested react- free ited super- ed herds herds vision

N. H-. 347 4,027 222 2,026 3,941 6,210 E. A. Crossman. E. L. Felker, Concord. N. J-----504 3,689 96 4,090 3,023 10,617 W. G. Middleton J. H. McNeil, Trenton.' N. Mex. 31 224 0 2,099 23 2,180 F. L. Schneider. Mat Keenan, Albuquerque. N. Y. 6,638 78, 344 3,084 27, 358 72, 127 109, 879 HI. B. Leonard. E. T. Faulder, Albany. N. C-. 69 923 0 256, 530 394 256, 924 W. C. Dendinger. William Moore, Raleigh. N. Dak. 1, 131 20,917 84 53, 345 5,238 64, 755 H. H. Cohenour.- W. F. Crewe. Bismarek. Ohio - 4, 596 34, 763 1, 071 182, 513 825 189,943 A. J. De Fosset -- C. McCandless, Colum - bus. Okla.-.- 27 1,298 0 122 288 422 L. J. Allen------C. C. Hisel, Oklahoma City. Oreg----- 1, 075 6,273 31 50,970 465 51,457 S. B. Foster .--.--W. H. Lytle, Salem. Pa------. 9, 123 80, 728 2, 793 109, 462 5,698 128, 078 J. B. Reidy------T. E. Munce, Harrisburg. R. I------65 1, 255 225 182 107 454 E. A. Crossman. T. E. Robinson, Provi- dence. S. C_.__. 869 4,134 3 62, 092 103 62,2581 W. K. Lewis.-- W. K. Lewis, Columbia. S. Dak. 167 4,595 64 8,615 1,233 10, 0471 J. 0. Wilson-. T. H. Ruth, Pierre. Tenn. 790 6,480 0 63,707 134 63,952 H. M. O'Rear. . J. M. Jones, Nashville. Tex------303 6,621 76 582 234 987 H. L. Darby. N. F. Williams, Fort Worth. Utah- 1, 162 6,209 17 10, 801 104 11, 579 F. E. Murray.-- W. H. Hendricks, Salt Lake City. Vt------621 12,094 1,167 5,607 7,177 22,886 L. H. Adams--.-- Edward H. Jones, Mont- pelier. Va------2,580 13,435 42 36,448 1,290 38,007 R. E. Brookbank. H. C. Givens, Richmond. Wash-- 1,919, 14, 481 159 42, 817 68 46, 667 J. C. Exline------Robert Prior, Olympia. W. Va. 1, 487 7,304 16 51, 537 1, 165 53, 341 H. M. Newton. John W. Smith, Charles- ton. Wis-.-- 11, 376182, 223 892 150, 247 12, 074 165, 109 J. S. Healy------L. M. Wright, Madison. Wyo. -.-..--.--.-- -- 10, 145 4 11, 468 John T. Dallas. H. D. Port, Cheyenne.

Total - 84, 298'915, 713 15, 016 2, 295, 082 176, 393 2, 659, 799

ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM AND HOG-CHOLERA VIRUS PRODUCED UNDER LICENSES

serum Hyperim- Simultane- Hyperim- Total serum Clear completed mune blood ous virus- muizing cleared virus

C. c. C. c. C. c. C.c. C. c. September, 1929------79, 324, 180 57,307,013 65,989, 135 5,584,603 17, 738,993 September, 1928------76, 659, 260 64,238, 323 58,914, 126 10,083,835 20, 794, 742 9 months ended September, 1929. 795, 159, 788 560,288,246 661,368, 737 51,448, 563 172, 262, 906 9 months ended September, 1928 -- 657, 437, 799 451,209,040 501,988,111 52,426,899 145,245,957

LICENSES ISSUED FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS IN SEPTEMBER, 1929 License No. 54 was issued September 26, 1929, to the Kansas State Agri- cultural College, Manhattan, Kans., for blackleg bacterin. License No. 107 was issued September 13, 1929 to the Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories, (Inc.), 520 West Pennway, Kansas City, Mo., and Shawnee Road and Forest Avenue, Kansas City, Kans., for anti-canine-distemper serum (homologous), canine-distemper vaccine, and canine-distemper virus. License No. 158 was issued September 26, 1929, to the Globe Laboratories, Fostepco Heights, near Fort Worth, Tex., for mixed bacterin (rabbits).

PERMITS ISSUED FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS IN SEPTEMBER, 1929 Permit No. 10 was issued September 21, 1929, to Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich., for the importation of canine-distemper virus (Laidlaw-Dunkin method), manufactured by the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, Middlesex, England.

S 1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 93

PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT

Docket No. 293.-In re Edward M. Kruckemeyer, market agency, St. Louis National Stock Yards, National Stock Yards, Ill. Notice of inquiry issued August 12, 1929, alleging failure to comply with bonding regulation. Under date of September 6, 1929, a hearing was held. The testimony showed that the respondent was duly registered as a market agency ; that the respondent was engaged in buying livestock for four packers or wholesale meat dealers only; and that all the livestock so purchased by respondent was in the names of such packers or wholesale meat dealers, and therefore respondent had no obligations resulting from such buying for which a bond would be required. Since the hearing, the respondent has changed his registration so as to show that he is buying for said principals only. Accordingly, on October 16, 1929, the case was dismissed. Docket No. 296.-In re Omaha Horse & Mule Commission Co., market agency, Union Stock Yards, South Omaha, Nebr. Notice of inquiry issued August 31, 1929, alleging failure to comply with bonding regulation. Under date of Octo- ber 9, 1929, the respondent acknowledged service of the order of inquiry, admitted the truth of the matters and things therein alleged, and waived a hearing thereon. On October 26, 1929, the respondent was ordered to cease and desist from doing business as a market agency without executing and maintaining a reasonable bond to suitable trustees for the performance of its obligations incurred as a market agency.

INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING TRAVEL EXPENSE AND VOUCHERS Transportation Requests

Attention of all employees who perform official travel is invited to paragraph 20 of the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, which provides that "transportation requests must not be used for personal travel." This requirement must be rigidly observed and in carrying it out it is important that employees dismiss the idea, which has probably been responsible for some misuse, that roundabout travel for personal reasons between points in an official itinerary is not to be deemed personal travel. It is based not only on the fundamental impropriety of using the Government requests for personal travel but on the fact that such throws upon both the bureau and the General Accounting Office the burden of auditing, settling, and paying additional transportation accounts. A single illustration of an instance, in the use of requests as indicated above, which has been permitted heretofore but can not now be allowed, is as follows: An employee is directed to perform official travel from Washington, D. C., to Chicago, Ill., but is granted permission to go via Indianapolis for the pur- pose of taking annual leave. Heretofore, he has been allowed to use a request to Indianapolis and another from Indianapolis to Chicago, and the excess over the direct fare from Washington to Chicago has been deducted from his expense account. Under present requirements he will be obliged to pay cash fare for the entire trip. Numerous illustrations could be given, but this concrete example will suffice. Inspectors and others in charge will be held strictly to account for dereliction on the part of employees with respect to these instructions.

Reclaimed Expense Items

To facilitate the prompt payment of travel vouchers, it is urgently important that all suspended items, credit errors in addition, and items omitted from a previous account, be reclaimed the second month following the suspension. That is, items suspended from October account should be reclaimed in De- cember account; suspended from November should be reclaimed in January, etc.

Mailing of Checks

It is intended that all expense checks be sent through the inspector in charge of stations. In order to accomplish this fully, no address other than that of 94 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October,

the inspector in charge or official headquarters should appear on the voucher, as, " John Doe, care Dr. H. Busman, 999 Exchange Avenue, Chicago, Ill." The employee's station (not address) should appear in the space "Official headquarters." The situation in this respect would be ideal if each employee ren- dering an account would indicate only his name on the line "Payee" and allow the "Address " to be filled in by rubber stamp or otherwise by the inspector in charge or other person at the central or main headquarters.

Miscellaneous On account of lack of space due to crowded printing at the top of the new Standard Form 1012, it is very important that the space for the "Appropria- tion " be left blank. This matter has been referred to previously but is ignored by many employees. Please read very carefully paragraph 44 of the Government Travel Regula- tions. All these items should be entered in the " Subsistence " column. All other expenses, including the various porter fees, should be entered in the " Other " column. It should be noted that " bell boy " and " hotel porter " fees are not identical. The latter fee is entered in the " Other " column. Many items are claimed in reimbursement accounts which have heretofore been passed but should properly be claimed direct on Standard Form 1034, unless cash payment is demanded. This condition applies more particularly at official headquarters rather than when an employee is in a travel status, but nevertheless should be extended to include all expense that is practicable to be billed on 1034 voucher. All such items could not be enumerated, but include post-office box and all other rent, telegraph, telephone, laundering of towels, purchase of gas and oil, repairs on Government car, and all items men- tioned in paragraph 90 of the Government Travel Regulations. (See also paragraphs 92, 93, and 94, G. T. R.) With reference to express shipments, particular attention is called to the necessity of making all shipments on a Government bill of lading, if possible, or in lieu thereof, charges should be billed direct on Standard Form 1034. All cases in which it is absolutely necessary to pay cash must be explained. When shipments are made from a central headquarters to various points throughout the territory, as in the case of auto tires, tuberculin, dip, etc., such shipments must not be sent " Collect," but should be handled as indicated above. Employees away from their official station in a travel status at the close of the month should claim all subsistence for the month. That is, supper or/and lodging must not be left out of the account and claimed in the following account. Employees en route to their official stations at midnight on the last day of the month, expecting to arrive there on the first of the next month, or later, should include in one voucher all their expense up to time of arrival. Particular attention is invited to the fact that the information catled for in item 1 at the top of the first page on the inside of Standard Form 1012 must be shown only when an employee is away from his official station at the close of the preceding month. See paragraph No. 3, Appendix VI, Standardized Government Travel Regula- tions. Inspectors and others in charge will be held accountable and must see that this information is given before forwarding the account to the Washington office. Employees are cautioned, when executing transportation requests, to fill in the correct authorization numbers in the space indicated at the lower left corner. Care should also be taken to enter all requests, used in the space provided there- for, on the back of Standard Form 1012. Duplicate copies should be mailed promptly to the Washington office. The attention of every traveler is called to notice on page 32 of Service and Regulatory Announcements for March, 1929, relative to the use of taxicabs. Failure to furnish the necessary information often necessitates the suspension of these items. Attention is directed to notice on page 5 of the Official Reco'rd for October 24, 1929, under the heading " New Travel Expense Voucher Forms." This notice is important not only to employees who incur expense but to inspectors in charge who approve vouchers. While the inspector in charge signs in the space " Im- mediate supervising official " only, and therefore does not certify to the facts as set forth immediately beneath his signature, nevertheless sufficient care should be exercised so that the acting chief of bureau may be reasonably sure of the facts as covered in the affidavit and in his own certificate. 19293 SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 95

ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS IN CONNECTION WITH EXPENSE ACCOUNTS Attention is invited to paragraph 115, Government Travel Regulations, and to P. E. A. Circular No. 129, dated June 13, 1929, published in the July 4, 1929, issue of the Official Record, relative to administration of oaths to expense accounts. Under these citations, inspectors and others in charge of the various field stations of this bureau are held to be "chiefs of field parties," and therefore authorized by law to administer oaths to expense accounts with like force and effect as officers having a seal. Accordingly, inspectors and others in charge as indicated above may begin immediately to administer such oaths. In order that no ques- tion may arise regarding authority, it is extremely important that the title be indicated in every case as " Chief of field party."

SUMMARY OF HOG-CHOLERA-CONTROL WORK, SEPTEMBER, 1929

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Alabama------1.0 2 74 2 46 1 ------I 1 Arkansas------1.5 1 58 2 16 33 .------20 Colorado------.5 ------23 ------2 Florida------1.0 1 64 71 1,412 4 ------3 Georgia------1.2 1 115 12 167 3 ------9 Idaho------1 1.0 1 851 7 421 7 3 6.----6 Illinois.------3.0 2 186 ------52 22 25 88 Indiana------2.0 2 93 .------20 7 --.----- 13 Iowa------2.0 32 41 ------.------12------69 Kansas.------.1.0------221 2 5 6 ------5 Kentucky------1 1 Louisiana------.---.-. .5 1 20 2 82 4 -.-.- 1 5 Maryland------2.0 1 165 1 50 9 10 -----.- 43 Michigan------2.0 ------141 1 28 9 ------57 Mississippi------1.0 1 143 3 89 7------.-. - 1 Missouri------L-. 10 30 1 19 7 ---.------6 Nebraska------1.0 ---.- 30 .9.---- .----- 7 ---.------9 North Carolina.------1 0 2 151 107 972 11 116 .---- 18 Ohio---.------53 ------13------92 Oklahoma----.----.----. 10 . 57 1 42 2 4 2 4 South Carolina------1.0 ------22 17 387 1 ------6----.----6 South Dakota------1.0 ------6 ------8------1 Tennessee ------1.0 -----.- 55 1 16 4 1 1 6 Texas------1.0 .--. 42 1 110 ------. ---- 10 Virginia---.------1.0 2 196 -.------9 ------4 Washington------1.0 77 1 150 3--.------Oregon------J 2 Wisconsin------.5 -- 11 ------7 4 1 7

Total------32.2 59 2,201 232 4,012 242 167 31 485

1 Fractions denote veterinarians devot ing part time to the work.

RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF LAWS Penalties and fines have been imposed in prosecutions for violations of regulatory laws, as reported to the bureau, as follows:

Twenty-eight-Hour Law Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co., $100 penalty. Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Co., $100 penalty. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (two cases), $200 penalties.

Livestock-Quarantine Law American Railway Express Co., interstate transportation of 1 cow without tuberculin test, $100 fine. Same company, interstate transportation of 1 calf without tuberculin test, $100 fine. 96 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY [October,

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., failure to mark waybill and placard car "Southern cattle," $100 fine. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., interstate shipment of 1 dead hog in same car with live animals, $100 fine. Same company, same offense, $100 fine. Chicago, Great Western Railroad Co. (two cases), failure to mark waybill "Tuberculous cattle," $200 fines. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Co., failure to mark waybill "Tu- berculous cattle," $100 fine. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. (three cases), failure to mark waybill " Tuberculous cattle," $300 fines. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co., failure to mark waybill "Tuberculous cattle," $100 fine. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., interstate transportation of cattle without marking waybill and placarding car " Southern cattle," $100 fine. Pennsylvania Railroad Co., interstate transportation of 1 dead hog in same car with live animals, $100 fine. Same company, failure to maintain southern- cattle cards on cars used in transporting southern cattle from Texas to Penn- sylvania, $10 fine. Same company (three cases), removal of infectious car without cleaning and disinfection under bureau supervision, $300 fines. Same company, failure to clean and disinfect car, $100 fine. Same company, interstate movement of infectious car, $100 fine. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., failure to mark waybill and placard cars " Southern cattle," $100 fine. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co., same offense, $100 fine. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. (two cases), S200 fines. Southeastern Express Co. (two cases), interstate transportation of 1 cow without tuberculin test, $200 fines. Slater Wight, Cairo, Ga., moving cattle interstate without inspection, dipping, and certification, $1 fine. F. M. Shore, Quitman, Ga., same offense, $1 fine. Sampson Roberts, Eldorendo, Ga., interstate transportation of two cattle without inspection, dipping, and certification, $10 fine. W. J. Outlaw, Hilton, Ga., interstate movement of cattle without tuberculin test, $100 fine. H. M. Van Os, Norfolk, Va., unloading southern cattle in free area, $100 fine. Clinton D. Conklin, Deposit, N. Y., causing cattle to be driven interstate without tuberculin test, $25 fine. W. H. Twiford, East Lake, N. C., interstate shipment of calves without inspection, dipping, and certification, $1 fine. Henry Westfall, Woodstock, Ohio, interstate shipment of cattle without certification, $100 fine. T. M. Brown. Suffolk, Va., interstate movement of 1 bull, $100 fine. Frank -Norris, Detroit, Tex., interstate movement of 100 or more cattle without inspection, dipping, and certification, $100 fine. J. M. Lyons, Clarksville, Tex., and John P. Duggers, Fullbright, Tex., interstate movement of 97 cattle without inspection, dipping, and certification, $300 fine each. R. L. Shoemaker and A. I. Brewer (two cases), interstate movement of 10 cattle (4 and 6, respectively), without inspection, dipping, and certification, $200 fines. Meat-Inspection Law

Teofil and Magdalena Krzeminski, New Britain, Conn., unauthorized use of the inspection legend, $200 fine.

NEW PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU

[The bureau keeps no mailing list for sending publications to individual employees, but sends copies to officers in charge of stations and offices. These publications should be re- garded as notification copies. So far as possible additional copies will be furnished on request.1

Technical Bulletin No. 114. Sleepy Grass (Stipa vaseyi) as a Stock-Poison- ing Plant. By C. Dwight Marsh and A. B. Clawson, Pathological Division. Pp. 20, figs. 5. Farmers' Bulletin No. 576. Breeds of Sheep for the Farm. Revised by D. A. Spencer, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 14. figs. 10. 1929] SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 97

Farmers' Bulletin No. 666 (revised). Foot-and-Mouth Disease. By Dr. John R. Mohler, chief, Bureau of Animal Industry. Pp. 14, figs. 7. Farmers' Bulletin No. 1330. Parasites and Parasitic Diseases of Sheep (revised). By MAurice C. Hall, chief, Zoological Division. Pp. 36, figs. 34. Farmers' Bulletin No. 1409 (revised). Turkey Raising. By M. A. Jull and A. R. Lee, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 22, figs. 14. Leaflet No. 34. Trichinosis. By Benjamin Schwartz, Zoological Division. Pp. 8, figs. 4. Yearbook Separate No. 1048. Wool Yields Can Be Increased by Rigid Culling and Selection. By Mary J. Brandon, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 2. Yearbook Separate No. 1051. Sheep of the Columbia Type Well Adapted to Intermountain Region. By J. M. Cooper, Animal Husbandry Division. Pp. 2. Amendment 5 to B. A. I. Order 317, declaring the following-named counties to be modified accredited areas for a period of three years from October 1, 1929: Plumas, Calif.; Bourbon, Simpson, Trimble, and Woodford, Ky.; Kal- kaska and Lenawee, Mich.; Hennepin and Polk, Minn.; Cole, Mo.; Greene, N. Y.; Richland, N. Dak.; Edgefield, S. C.; Doddridge, W. Va.; Asotin, Wash.; Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Vernon, and Waukesha, Wis. The following-named counties have been reaccredited for a period of three years from the same date: Twin Falls, Idaho; Dickinson and Roscommon, Mich.; Dodge, Nebr.; Beaufort, Brunswick, Craven, Macon, and Onslow, N. C.; Grand Forks, Ran- som, and Renville, N. Dak.; and Barron and Oneida, Wis. P. 1 (mimeo- graphed). B. A. I. Order 319, governing the recognition of breeds and purebred animals. Pp. 6.

ORGANIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Chief: JOHN R. MOHLER. Associate Chief: U. G. HoucK. Assistant Chief: A. W. MrLER. Administratire Assi.stant: CHARLES C. CARROLL. Chief Clerk: J. R. COHRAN. Editor: D. S. BURCH. Animal Husbandry Division: E. W. SHEETs, chief. Biochemic Division: M. DoRsET, chief. Division of Hog-Cholera Control: U. G. HOUCK, chief. Division of Virus-Serum Control: D. I. SKIDMORE, chief. Field Jnwpection Diviion: G. W. PoPE, chief. Meat Inspection Division: R. P. STEDDoM, chief. Packers and Stockyards Division: A. W. MI.LER, chief. Pathological Division: JOHN S. BUCKLEY, chief. Tick Eradication Dirision: R. A. RAMSAY, chief. Tuberculosis Eradication Divisio: A. E. WIGHT, chief. Zoological Division: MAURICE C. HALL, chief. Experiment Station: W. E. COTTON, superintendent. Office of Accounts: GEORGE F. TUCKER, in charge. Office of Personnel: GEORGE H. RussELL, in charge.

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